Daily Archive: Friday, May 17, 2024

The Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform decided at its meeting last Wednesday that the Party’s 22nd Biennial Delegates Congress will be held over three days from Friday, 28th June to Sunday, 30th June 2024.

The Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) today said that Dr Anil Solomon has been removed from the register of medical practitioners in Guyana following a finding of professional misconduct and malpractice.

BEIJING/HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – China announced “historic” steps today to stabilise its crisis-hit property sector, with the central bank facilitating 1 trillion yuan ($138 billion) in extra funding and easing mortgage rules, and local governments set to buy “some” apartments.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Firebrand Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal has hit the ground running since his surprise release from detention in the midst of a contentious general election, energizing the opposition as it challenges Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – With new photographic and video evidence, an Indian court battle over the origins of the world famous butter chicken is set to get spicier.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenyan lawyers have moved to block the country’s planned deployment of police to Haiti, a court filing showed, days before officers are expected to arrive in the Caribbean nation to tackle spiralling violence there.

(Trinidad Guardian) Self-proclaimed spy, pastor Ian Brown, is again in police custody, after he and four other affiliates of the Strategic Services Agency, including former director Roger Best, were detained by police during a 24-hour exercise between Wednesday afternoon and yesterday.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday asserted that Permanent Secretaries (PS) can be members of political parties.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday confirmed that Paul Cheong is the new Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo and he restated  that 5,000 hectares of land at the Skeldon Estate will return to production.

Twenty-one-year-old Keron Boyer, a security officer, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with the murder of 16-year-old Benjamin Seaford.

General Secretary of the PPP, Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday said that the party has not yet discussed the allegations and the probe of rape against party executive and former minister, Nigel Dharamlall, but it will not stall its meetings for appointments to other positions pending the completion of the police investigations.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) team which visited Guyana this week met with civil society leaders and representatives to discuss effective community policing relations.

Eusi Wilson yesterday appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus  at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $19,800,000 in relation to the possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking to wit 22kgs of cannabis, CANU said yesterday.      

The Amerindian Village Elections got underway on Wednesday, May 15, and according to a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI), new toshaos, deputy toshaos, senior councillors, and councils have been elected across the various administrative regions.

Residents in Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne yesterday reported to President Irfaan Ali during a walkabout that their community has seen major developments in recent times in the form of improved drainage, rehabilitated roads and bridges.

The riverine communities of Orealla and Siparuta on Wednesday elected a 26-year-old teacher to be their new toshao.

By Mia Anthony Residents of Lamaha Gardens in Georgetown, particularly in the area of Garnett Street and Bel Air Avenue, have voiced concerns to Mayor Alfred Mentore about the significant increase in traffic disrupting their once serene community.

Less Talk. More Business – that’s what global investors, and regional business leaders, and innovators hope to extract from the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2024 when it is held from July 10 – 12, 2024 here in Guyana.

Three persons are now hospitalized in a serious condition after the lorry they were travelling in on Wednesday lost control and slammed into a concrete bridge and fence before coming to a halt in a trench along the East Bank Berbice (EBB) Public Road.

Dear Editor, My heart goes out to the families of the five persons who were killed in a road accident on the Linden Soesdyke Highway on Monday, May 13, 2024.

Even as the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) awaits word on the progress made so far to push back on its food security challenges, confronting, to varying degrees, most of the member countries of the regional movement, a new report is painting an eye-opening picture of worsening food challenges confronting swathes of countries that extend far beyond the borders of the region.

– valuable experience garnered despite 0-2 series loss Despite being swept by the Trinidad and Tobago ‘Soca Warriors’ in their two-match international football series, Golden Jaguars head coach Jamaal Shabazz stated that Guyana’s recently concluded tour provided invaluable experience and insight that will shape the future of the locally based players.

A woman is now in the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after she was struck by a motor car along the Corentyne Public Road whose driver claimed that he mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space to respond to an article published on Saturday, May 11, 2024 by an online news outlet, “Guyana Daily News.” 

Over the years, there has been no shortage of state-initiated undertakings ostensibly designed to provide sustainable opportunities to enable Guyanese women, possessed of skills in various fields, to transform their talents into meaningful earnings, though it can hardly be said that these undertakings have had the effect of significantly transforming the lives of our womenfolk and families which, in a host of instances, they support as single parents.

– encounter will co-headline the event Guyana’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) combatant Carlston Harris will return to the octagon against American Khaos Williams at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Fight Night 241 at the Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada.

By Brooke Glasford At the core of what I do for work lies communication.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Wednesday said it was appalled at what it described as a “racially insensitive” cartoon published in the Stabroek News May 9 edition and called for universal condemnation of this publication. 

Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen observing the ongoing spectacle between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education, I cannot help but feel like I’m watching a poorly rehearsed pantomime.

With regional food security now firmly anchored high on the list of the region’s priorities, the seventh International Caribbean Poultry Association (CPA) Technical Symposium held a particular significance when set against the backdrop of the ongoing food security discourse ensuing in the region.

Inaugural Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast champs, Demerara Pitbulls, will pocket the tournament’s top prize of $1,500,000 after completing an exceptional tournament.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Brentnol Charles, 38, for questioning over a series of larcenies and malicious damage to property.

Dear Editor, The last budget underlined the importance of using the country’s oil revenues to meet the basic needs of the population, including nutrition, the absence of hunger, good healthcare, and sound education and training opportunities.

During the course of its participation in the May 6th-9th Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) currently in Houston, Texas, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) sought to broaden its knowledge of the sector by engaging representatives of the various organizations with a significant interest in the oil and gas industry which were also represented at the forum.

Stena Drilling became the latest entity to throw its support behind the Petra Organisation-coordinated ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s U-14 Football Championship, which will kick off tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, with the qualifying section.

(Reuters) – U.S. oil giant Exxon said yesterday proxy advisor Glass Lewis should recuse itself from making recommendations on its upcoming shareholder meeting due to conflict of interest.

Dear Editor, As a member of the public who weekly attends meetings of the Guyana Reparations Committee, I am very concerned with the public manipulation of the bi-monthly Reparations Now TVA Program which has been in existence for over 7 years.

So animated has the region become by the challenge associated with finding ways through which it can enhance its food security, that it appears willing to embrace any initiative that appears to be headed in that direction.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition Excuse the Rush, Hard-ball, and Spaniards advanced to the round of 16 section when the ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition commenced on Wednesday evening at the Silver City Hard-court.

President Irfaan Ali attended the book launch of veteran journalist Sandra Ann Baptiste on Thursday evening at Red House.

Dear Editor, The Jagdeo/Ali regime’s continuous transgression of the rights of the nation’s public teachers is not a matter that should be treated lightly for it has dire implications for every citizen, including the religious community President Irfaan recently met with.

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) aims to reimagine the region’s tourism landscape at the third annual Caribbean Travel Forum, taking place Monday, May 20 in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

BEIJING/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) –  China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin yesterday pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States, which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon sowing chaos across the world.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, yesterday said that engineers have inspected the bridge at Robb Street and Avenue of Republic and have confirmed that the approach to the structure has begun sinking.

Gold Star, led by a first-half double from the experienced Randy De Jonge, ensured that Tapakuma remained winless in the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League, following a 2-1 victory.

Dear Editor,                                                                          A gem has quietly exited to the far beyond recently and with him lasting memories which typified what a champion cricketer he was.

Notwithstanding the ravages of the COVID 19 malady that cut a swathe through visitor arrivals in the region, Guyana has been named by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) as being among eleven (11) countries in the Caribbean that surpassed their 2019 arrivals last year.

A Department of Public Information (DPI) release last week stated that some 2,000 residents from Kumaka, Santa Rosa Islands, and other satellite areas in the Moruca sub-district in Region One will soon benefit from a continuous supply of potable water, as works are advancing on the new $10 million well.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) –  The Dow Jones industrial average crossed the 40,000 level yesterday for the first time and a world stock index scored a third straight record intraday high on hopes of U.S.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panama’s next government is considering erecting new checkpoints along a stretch of thick jungle on its southern border that has become a treacherous part of the journey for growing masses of U.S.-bound

Dear Editor, I was saddened to hear of the death of Oscar Clarke.

National table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill will resume her quest to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games today when she battles Cuba’s Etela Crespo in the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru.

Azim Khan, the 22-year-old Guyana Defence Force (GDF) private who was shot in a home invasion on May 6, was taken off life support yesterday afternoon and remains in the intensive care unit (ICU) in a critical condition.

(CMC) – Two of the world’s top women’s all-rounders will come face-to-face when Sri Lanka Women host the West Indies Women for a six-match white-ball series next month.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyer yesterday accused star witness Michael Cohen of lying at the former U.S.

PORTO ALEGRE, (Reuters) – Brazil’s southernmost state is planning at least four “tent cities” to accommodate some 8,000 people currently in improvised shelters due to the historic floods that have devastated the region.

Dear Editor, The students’ loans write off has a caveat attached: to qualify, among other requirements, a number of NIS contributions, whether employed in the public or private sector, must be made. 

Alphas defeated Classic Ball Blasters (CBB) 3-1 to climb atop the standings when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 16, 2024 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Senegal’s prime minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country yesterday in a wide-ranging speech that also touched on the euro-backed CFA franc currency, oil and gas deals and LGBTQ rights.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will not grant safe passage to leave the country to six opposition aides who have taken refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas, a ruling party official said late on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, The letter section continues to be the principal platform for the opposition.

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1071’s trading results showed consideration of $13,267,800 from 70,259 shares traded in 29 transactions as compared to session 1070’s trading results, which showed consideration of $5,719,671 from 51,947 shares traded in 24 transactions.

On January 5 this year, a ‘News Agency’ report from the Ministry of Agriculture asserted that during the course of 2023, 130 new agro-processed products had been launched and that in the same year, 54 “new Guyana Shop Corners” had been established.

(Reuters) – An American flag was photographed hanging upside down at the Virginia home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, weeks after the Jan.

Ask-the-Consul Installment 24-05 Embassy of the United States of America  100 Duke & Young Streets, Kingston,Georgetown, Guyana  Taking the time to adequately prepare for your immigrant visa interview will prevent unnecessary delays in processing your application. 

Escaped Lusignan prisoner, Jose Awad was spotted yesterday morning in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said.

(Trinidad Express) Twenty-four pharmacies are under police probe for selling unregistered, fake or expired drugs.

(CMC) – ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup organisers have unveiled the schedule for the official warm-up matches leading into the tournament, and only venues in Trinidad and the United States will stage them.

By Muhammad Al Jasser JEDDAH – Today’s world is confronting a host of complex development challenges, from climate change and rapid urbanization to widening inequality, debt sustainability, and a persistent digital divide.

The US Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday issued its latest analysis of Venezuela’s strategy in relation to Guyana following its inaugural report which was published on February 7 this year.

Dear Editor, Teachers started a strike demanding a better remuneration package than any other category of public servants.